Deedee Colon Maldonado (10/20/2021) - Athlete Awards

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Deedee Colon Maldonado

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Week Of

10/20/2021
Sport

Women's Cross Country
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Aurora University women's cross country runner Deyanneira Colon Maldonado was named the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Athlete of the Week for the week of October 11-17, 2021.The honors were selected by the league's athletics communications professionals.

Colon Maldonado, a freshman, posted the fastest 6-kilometer time in the NACC this season with a 22:46.3 clocking at the UW-La Crosse Tori Neubauer Invitational. She finished 18th overall in one of the more competitive meets in the Midwest this season, which featured two teams ranked in the top-20 nationally and two others that were regionally ranked. Of the 16 NCAA Division III runners ahead of her, 11 were from nationally-ranked teams. Colon Maldonado is the first runner in the NACC to eclipse the 23:00 mark this season. She beat the nearest non-Aurora NACC runner by 53 seconds and set a lifetime 6K personal-best time by 1:14.

Athlete Awards
Date	Athlete	Sport
2/4/2014	Jenna Taylor	Women's Track and Field
1/28/2014	Lisa Rodriguez	Women's Track and Field
1/21/2014	Emily Paull	Women's Track and Field
1/21/2014	Bethany Dorrington	Women's Basketball
1/14/2014	Lisa Rodriguez	Women's Track and Field
12/17/2013	Bethany Dorrington	Women's Basketball
12/3/2013	Scott Laskowski	Men's Basketball
11/19/2013	Darren Harms	Football
11/12/2013	Jenee Lange	Women's Soccer
10/29/2013	Jon Rosenbaum	Men's Soccer
10/22/2013	Nicci Bermudes	Women's Soccer
10/22/2013	Emily Paull	Women's Cross Country
10/16/2013	Nicci Bermudes	Women's Soccer
10/1/2013	Emily Paull	Women's Cross Country
10/1/2013	Jake Apple	Football
10/1/2013	Matt Meyers	Men's Cross Country
9/4/2013	Jimmy Baeskens	Men's Cross Country
9/4/2013	Nicole Wolfe	Women's Soccer
4/30/2013	Natalie Zanella	Softball
4/29/2013	Danny Loyall	Men's Lacrosse